Flare vs flair

Andrew Gideon wrote:
On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:48:35 -0600, Newps wrote:


Bob Gardner wrote:


To make my reclining years more comfortable, please stop using the word
"flair" when discussing landings.
Oh no. Not until people stop using loose for lose.

Or "its" for "it's" or "there" for "their" or "they're". Or "height" for
"altitude". Or "think" for "believe". Or "Web" for "Internet". Or
"insane eccentricity" for "precision".

And many persons use "since" when they mean "because". The former
denotes a time period (e.g., since WWII) whereas the latter speaks of
causality (e.g., because he broke the law he was punished).